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7 unusual facts about Vladimir


Gagra

On 14 May 2012, Gagra signed a cooperation agreement with Vladimir.

Golden Gate, Kiev

Golden Gates in Vladimir, the only extant example of a gateway of medieval Rus’

Later a similar name was given to the gates of Vladimir city where one of the Monomakh's descendants, Andrei I Bogolyubsky, established his own state, the Grand Duchy of Vladimir.

Vladimir Stadium

There are several stadiums in Vladimir city:

Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgussaar

His trilogy on Soviet history consists of films "Precursor" (Estonian: "Eelkäija", 1967) on Viktor Kingissepp, "Solstice" ("Pööripäev", 1968) on June 1940 'revolution' in Estonia, a central myth of Soviet mythology in Estonia, and "Commander" ("Väejuht", 1968) on August Kork, an Estonian Bolshevik military leader and victim of 1937 Stalinist purges.

Other documentaries by Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar include "Forge" ("Sepikoda", 1974); in collaboration with Uno Maasikas), "New Era" ("Uus aeg", 1969) and "Hard Times" ("Rasked aastad", 1973).

Vladimir-Suzdal

Andrew was murdered by boyars in his suburban residence at Bogolyubovo in 1174.


Alex Prior

In 2006, Prior’s ballet Mowgli (based on Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book) was commissioned by choreographers Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vassilev of the Moscow State Classical Ballet.

Angelo Fierro

He starred on the TV series Breaking Vegas as real-life counterfeiter Louis Colavecchio and had a recurring role as the Russian mobster, Vladimir, on the TV series Ocean Ave., starring Victoria Jackson.

Anthony of Kiev

In 1015, his peaceful austerity was interrupted by the death of Vladimir I of Kiev, and the subsequent fratricidal war for the throne between Vladimir's sons Yaroslav and Sviatopolk, and Anthony returned to Mount Athos.

Battle of the Sit River

The Battle of the Sit River was fought in the northern part of the present-day Sonkovsky District of Tver Oblast of Russia, close to the selo of Bozhonka, on March 4, 1238 between the Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan and the Rus' under Grand Prince Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Rus.

Church of the Intercession on the Nerl

The church is situated at the confluence of Nerl and Klyazma Rivers in Bogolyubovo, Suzdalsky District, Vladimir Oblast, 13 km north-east of the ancient capital of Vladimir.

Dmitri Proshin

Dmitri Lvovich Proshin (b. 1974), Russian footballer with FC Torpedo Vladimir

Dmitry Kozak

On September 24, 2007 he was appointed to the new Russian cabinet headed by Viktor Zubkov as regional development minister, succeeding Vladimir Yakovlev again, and leaving his previous position.

Dmitry Kuzmin

Dmitry Kuzmin was born in Moscow, son of the architect Vladimir Legoshin and the literary critic Edwarda Kuzmina; among his grandparents were the critic Boris Kuzmin and the prominent literary translator Nora Gal.

Dnepropetrovsk maniacs

Vladimir Suprunyuck, Igor Suprunyuck's father, in his interview to Segodnya stated that he had been employed at Yuzhmash as a test pilot, often flying with Leonid Kuchma, the future president of Ukraine, and continuing to serve as his personal pilot on domestic flights after Kuchma's rise to power.

Elipse

On Autumn of the same year, the drummer Vladimir "Furda" Furduj joined the band, bringing along Zoran Simjanović (keyboards), formerly of Siluete.

Eric Himy

Praised for his formidable technique and many varied colors (His technique has been compared by the 2007 Revue Musicale de Suisse Romande to that of the legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz and called him " a sensual gourmand of sound ") he has received critical acclaim for his interpretations of Transcriptions (including some of his own), French, Spanish and Romantic music.

Illegals Program

Vladimir and Lidiya Guryev were arrested at their home in Montclair, New Jersey.

Justin Popović

(John Meyendorff, professor of the Academy of St. Vladimir now in Scarsdale, New York (associated with Columbia University) - and every bit as much a critic of the "Catholic novelties" and the Pope's anti-Christianity.

Krasnaya Nov

He was replaced first by Vladimir Vasilyevsky (summer 1927 – Spring 1929), then by Fyodor Raskolnikov (1929–1930), Ivan Bespalov (1930–1931), and Alexander Fadeyev (1931–1942), the latter bringing the circulation figures up to 45,000.

Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra

The Orchestra played host to well known soloists such as the Polish guitarist Vladimir Gromolak, Dutch violinist Werther Vosn, tenor Plácido Domingo, composer and soprano Hiba Al Kawas, Spanish guitarist José Maria Gallardo del Rey, Lebanese violinist Zareh Tcheroyan, the Polish pianist Radivonovitch and the Japanese pianist Atsuko Seta.

Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Nade Talevska intended to participate in Skopjefest with the song Vo mojot svet imas dom written by Grigor Koprov, Vladimir Dojcinovski and Borce Dimitrov.

Manès Sperber

Manès Sperber is the father of Italian historian Vladimir Sperber and French anthropologist and cognitive scientist Dan Sperber.

Nemirovich-Danchenko

Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko (1845-1936), Russian novelist and journalist, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko's brother.

Okhta Center

In 2010 it was reported by Russian and UK press that the project's designer Charles Phu said at a public debate in London that the architect has been getting regular memoranda from Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, encouraging them to go ahead with the project of Okhta Centre and promising support from the government.

Richard Roxburgh

The two actors played the protagonists (Weaving as Vladimir and Roxburgh as Estragon) in Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot.

Satoshi Nakamoto

In October 2011, investigative journalist Adam Penenberg cited circumstantial evidence that identified Neal King, Vladimir Oksman and Charles Bry.

Sergei Nilus

Michael Hagemeister: "Vladimir Solov’ev and Sergej Nilus: Apocalypticism and Judeophobia" in Reconciler and Polemicist (eds.) Wil van den Bercken, Manon de Courten, Evert van der Zweerde, and Vladimir Solov’ev (Leuven: Peeters, 2000), pp.

Sergei Vasilyevich Yeremeyev

He is one of the authors of "The World Greatest Book for Kids" in collaboration with Sergey Mikhalkov, Vladimir Stepanov and Andrey Tyunyaev (2004, Moscow).

Sergey Khachatryan

Among the works on this CD are the Brahms D minor sonata and Ravel's Tzigane, both performed with pianist Lusine Khachatryan, his sister, as well as Chausson's Poeme and Waxman's Carmen Fantasy, both performed with pianist Vladimir Khachatryan, his father.

Socialism and Freedom Party

Among the party leaders are Heloísa Helena (Alagoas), federal deputies Luciana Genro (Rio Grande do Sul) and Babá (Pará), and a number of well-known Brazilian left-wing leaders and intellectuals, such as Milton Temer, Michel Löwy, Vladimir Safatle, Marcelo Freixo, Chico Alencar, Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, Renato Roseno, Carlos Nelson Coutinho, Ricardo Antunes, Francisco de Oliveira, João Machado, Pedro Ruas and others.

The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya

Alexander Vedernikov (Prince Yury), Vladimir Ivanovsky (Prince Vsevolod), Natalya Rozhdestvenskaya (Fevroniya), Dmitri Tarkhov (Grishka Kutyerma), Ilya Bogdanov (Fyodor Poyarok), Boris Dobrin (Balladeer), Lidia Melnikova (Youth), Leonid Ktitorov (Bedyay), Sergey Krasovsky (Burundai), Nina Kulagina (Alkonost).

Vineland

Vineland may be a play on the word "Hollywood", a reference to the first Viking settlement in North America, Vinland, or a reference to Andrey Vinelander, a character in Vladimir Nabokov's Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle.

Vladimir Aleksi-Meskhishvili

Vladimir Aleksi-Meskhishvili was born in Tbilisi, graduated from the Industrial Institute of Georgia in 1939 and taught at Tbilisi Polytechnic University since 1955.

Vladimir Batagelj

Wouter de Nooy, Andrej Mrvar, Vladimir Batagelj, Mark Granovetter (Series Editor), Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek (Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences), Cambridge University Press 2005 (ISBN 0-521-60262-9).

Vladimir de Pachmann

Edward Blickstein and Gregor Benko, Chopin's Prophet: The life of pianist Vladimir de Pachmann, Scarecrow Press, 2013

Vladimir Dmitriev

Vladimir Alexandrovich Dmitriev is a Russian businessman and current chairman of Vnesheconombank.

Vladimir Estragon

Both names were chosen by Harth who had favored Samuel Becket as a writer from around 1968 on.Harth interpreted the two characters Wladimir and Estragon in Waiting for Godot as West Germany and East Germany during the Cold War who are waiting for unification.Surprisingly to everybody the iron curtain collapsed some months after the foundation of the music group Vladimir Estragon.

Vladimir IV Rurikovich

Vladimir IV Rurikovich (Владимир Рюрикович in Russian) (1187 – March 3, 1239), Prince of Pereyaslavl (1206–1213), Smolensk (1213–1219) and Grand Prince of Kiev (1223–1235).

Vladimir Kolupaev

Vladimir Kolupaev ( born on September 17, 1964, Mesherskoye, Chekhovsky District, Russia) is a historian, Doctor of Historical Sciences, a graduate of the Moscow State University of Culture and Arts and Catholic priest.

Vladimir Logothetti

Vladimir settled in Bílovice, his younger brother Zdenko lived with theirin 1861 widowed mother Pauline Countess Logothetti née Baroness Bartenstein (1800–1872) in Březolupy.

Vladimir Marchenko

Together with Leonid Pastur, Vladimir Marchenko discovered the Marchenko–Pastur law in random matrix theory.

Vladimír Menšík

Vladimír Menšík (9 October 1929 – 29 May 1988) was a popular Czech actor and entertainer, born in Ivančice, Moravia, Czechoslovakia.

Vladimir Michailovich Jurowski

His son is the conductor Michail Jurowski, and his grandson (born 4 April 1972) the conductor Vladimir Jurowski, also named Vladimir Michailovich Jurowski.

Vladimir Mikhailovich Zakharov

Vladimir M. Zakharov was born on 5 July 1946 in a small Russian village of Murzitsy in the Sechenovsky District.

Vladimir of Staritsa

In 1569 accused of high treason by Ivan IV, Vladimir and his children were forced to take poison at Ivan's residence of Alexandrov.

The only son of Andrey of Staritsa and Princess Euphrosyne Khovanskaya, Vladimir spent his childhood under strict surveillance in Moscow.

Vladimir Palace

Also preserved has been much of Vladimir's collection of late 19th-century porcelain, most of it manufactured in the Imperial Porcelain Factory, and painted or decorated by its leading artists.

Vladimir Palikhata

Russian Olympic Committee President Leonid Tyagachev and Vladimir Palikhata, in his capacity as President of Rosenergomash Group, signed an agreement in October 2007 making Rosenergomash a General Sponsor of the Russian Olympic Committee.

Vladimir Pasyoukov

Vladimir Pavlovich Pasyukov (Pasjukov) (Russian:Владимир Павлович Пасюков ) (July, 29th, 1944 - June, 20th, 2011) was a Russian opera, folk and church singer who possessed a very powerful, extremely rare low-ranging basso profondo (Oktavist) voice, one of the lowest voices in the world.

Vladimir Pešić

Vladimir Pešić is a scientist from Montenegro, a biologist who is an expert on Hydrachnidiae, the water mites, and a co-author taxon authority for a new species of freshwater snail Valvata montenegrina Glöer & Pešić, 2008 (Valvatidae, Gastropoda).

Vladimir Sherwood

Vladimir Vladimirovich Sherwood (1867 - 1930), Russian architect, son of Vladimir Osipovich Sherwood

Yermak Timofeyevich

In 1996, directors Vladimir Krasnopolsky and Valeri Uskov produced the film Yermak, a historical drama about the conquest of Siberia which starred Viktor Stepanov, Irina Alfyorova, and Nikita Dzhigurda.


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